NFL Week Two (After 12pm Games)

After watching the first wave of games from Week Two in the NFL, a few things came to mind that I wanted to write about.

1st and 10 (Feel like im John Clayton)

I would like to designate myself as a future NFL Sunday Ticket subscriber. I used to never understand why it was necessary to have every game at my finger tips but this was when I wasn't as big of NFL fan and my Chicago Bears were on TV every Sunday in Cedar Rapids. Now that I am in Ames, the coverage is split between Chicago, Detroit, GB and Minnesota. It would be nice to watch the Bears games in their entirety. Also, there are so many good games in the NFL week in and week out I don't really want to be stuck with KC vs OAK again when Minn vs Ind was on CBS as well.

2nd and 13 (Bears Offense)

The NFL is starting to become really, really fun for me to watch. I used to favor college heavily over pro football and I still do to a certain extent. College games can get ugly really quick. NFL games are close week in and week out. Any team truly can beat any other team. Fantasy Football is awesome and has really sparked my interest in NFL again. I had never understood how people loved the NFL so much but I am beginning to understand the obsession.

3rd and 4 (Matt Forte)

I hate to root for the Packers and by no means am I but being forced to watch them play and having Aaron Rodgers on my team has forced me to pay attention. Rodgers is really good. I have thought he was going to be good for awhile. He was able to sit on the bench and learn for several years and whoa! The Packers were smart and lucky that Favre stayed around for so long but they made the right call this year. By no means does two weeks make a season, but Rodgers is very mobile in the pocket which allows him to find open receivers. He looks through his progressions unlike many other young quarterbacks. I think there is something to be said for how the Packers groomed Rodgers and I think other franchises should take note.

4th and 1(Bears Playcalling)

I couldn't watch the Bears game today which is probably a good thing at the end. Up 17-3 they lost 20-17. I was watching the game on Stat Tracker and they had a drive starting with a little over three minutes left in the 4th quarter. First down resulted in a 9 yard gain from Forte for 2nd and 1. Second down was "Orton incomplete to the left". Ok, maybe they wanted to trick them. Third Down, "Orton incomplete to the right". WTF! The Bears aren't the Colts. Fourth Down, Jason McKie up the middle for no gain. I don't see the reasoning at all by not giving Forte another effort during that sequence. They needed just 20 more yards for a game tying(sp?) field goal. Not happy with this playcalling-would have liked to have seen it live.